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Not a scratch on driver after metal crashes into windshield

It was a close call for a woman driving to Logan Airport on Route 1 in Saugus early Tuesday.

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Updated: 12:28 PM EDT Oct 13, 2015

Not a scratch on driver after metal crashes into windshield

It was a close call for a woman driving to Logan Airport on Route 1 in Saugus early Tuesday.

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Updated: 12:28 PM EDT Oct 13, 2015

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WEBVTT SUFFER A SINGLE SCRATCH. REID: RAIN WASN'T THE ONLY THING FALLING FROM THE SKY THIS MORNING. THIS MASSIVE PIECE OF SCRAP METAL FELL OFF OF A TRUCK AND PIERCED THE WINDSHIELD OF THIS SUV. THE DRIVER WALKED AWAY WITHOUT A SCRATCH. IT APPEARS TO BE A PORTION OF A PICK-UP TRUCK'S FRAME. TWISTED METAL, WITH SHARP EDGES THAT FELL OFF A TRACTOR TRAILER. MARYBETH SHAY: IT LANDED IN MY WIND SHIELD. REID: AND ALMOST FELL IN THE LAP OF MARYBETH SHAY. JUST BEFORE 5:00 THIS MORNING, THE NEWBURYPORT WOMAN WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON ROUTE ONE IN SAUGUS, EN ROUTE TO LOGAN AIRPORT. MARYBETH: I WAS COMING UNDER THE UNDERPASS IT FLEW OUT OF THE , TRUCK, SPARKS KIND OF FLYING FROM THE TRUCK. REID: THE IMPACT SMASHED THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD, THE BRUNT OF WHICH AFFECTED THE PASSENGER SIDE WHERE NO ONE WAS SITTING. SHATTERED GLASS LITTERS THE INSIDE OF HER SUV. AND FROM HERE, YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW CLOSE THIS CAME FROM HAVING A DIFFERENT RESULT. THE 48-YEAR-OLD SAYS SHE HAD NO WARNING. MARYBETH: I SAW THE SPARKS COMING FROM THE TRUCK, BUT NO, I KIND OF DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. REID: STATE POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THE TRUCK INVOLVED . THE DRIVER DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

Not a scratch on driver after metal crashes into windshield

It was a close call for a woman driving to Logan Airport on Route 1 in Saugus early Tuesday.